Agenda

Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary or affected interests in respect of any matter to be considered at this meeting.

Any Member with a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter should withdraw from the meeting when the matter is under consideration and should notify the Democratic Services Officer in attendance that they are withdrawing as they have such an interest. If the Disclosable Pecuniary Interest is not entered on the register of Members interests the Monitoring Officer must be notified of the interest within 28 days.

Any Member with an affected Interest in a matter must disclose the interest to the meeting.  There is no requirement to withdraw from the meeting when the interest is only an affected interest, but the Monitoring Officer should be notified of the interest, if not previously notified of it, within 28 days of the meeting.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the previous meeting of the Committee

To receive a report by the Council’s external auditor summarising the work carried out to discharge their statutory audit responsibilities.

To receive an update on the key elements within the 2021/22 accounts and the findings of the audit, and the process for the 2022/23 accounts.

To receive an update on the audit of the 2023/24 financial statements.

To consider bespoke rules of procedure for the annual Council Budget setting meetings.

To consider guidance on the responsibilities and legal obligations of Council members in handling personal information.